Where hundreds of Japanese civilians committed suicide to avoid being captured by American soldiers during WWII.

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

This impressive Boston holy house is the American mecca for Christian scientists.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

In 1958, an MIT fraternity pledge laid down on this bridge and instituted a new, unique unit of measurement.

This bridge was the birthplace of a unit of measurement based on a fraternity joke.

This landmark cemetery in Boston was created more than 300 years ago.

An easy-to-miss garden in Boston's North End honors the mother of JFK and others who lost children in WWII.

Each August, one of the largest religious (and food) celebrations in the country is held in Boston.

The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.

An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

Millions of numbers carved in glass represent the tattoos forced upon victims.

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

This massive tea kettle was once a promotional stunt for the Oriental Teashop.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

A beacon atop a downtown building provides Bostonians with weather forecasts and baseball news.

No one messes with the Massachusetts sacred cod, not this time...

Statue commemorating the use of ether in anesthesia.

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

The gorgeous entrances into the city's underbelly look more like grand halls than subway stops.

Despite many attempts to finish this overpass, it has been abandoned since the 1970s.

Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!